(function($){
$.fn.colorTip = function(settings){
var defaultSettings = {
color : 'yellow',
timeout : 500
}
var supportedColors = ['red','green','blue','white','yellow','black'];
/* Combining the default settings object with the supplied one */
settings = $.extend(defaultSettings,settings);
/*
* Looping through all the elements and returning them afterwards.
* This will add chainability to the plugin.
*/
return this.each(function(){
var elem = $(this);
// If the title attribute is empty, continue with the next element
if(!elem.attr('title')) return true;
// Creating new eventScheduler and Tip objects for this element.
// (See the class definition at the bottom).
var scheduleEvent = new eventScheduler();
var tip = new Tip(elem.attr('title'));
// Adding the tooltip markup to the element and
// applying a special class:
elem.append(tip.generate()).addClass('colorTipContainer');
// Checking to see whether a supported color has been
// set as a classname on the element.
var hasClass = false;
for(var i=0;i<supportedColors.length;i++)
{
if(elem.hasClass(supportedColors[i])){
hasClass = true;
break;
}
}
// If it has been set, it will override the default color
if(!hasClass){
elem.addClass(settings.color);
}
// On mouseenter, show the tip, on mouseleave set the
// tip to be hidden in half a second.
elem.hover(function(){
tip.show();
// If the user moves away and hovers over the tip again,
// clear the previously set event:
scheduleEvent.clear();
},function(){
// Schedule event actualy sets a timeout (as you can
// see from the class definition below).
scheduleEvent.set(function(){
tip.hide();
},settings.timeout);
});
// Removing the title attribute, so the regular OS titles are
// not shown along with the tooltips.
elem.removeAttr('title');
});
}
/*
/ Event Scheduler Class Definition
*/
function eventScheduler(){}
eventScheduler.prototype = {
set : function (func,timeout){
// The set method takes a function and a time period (ms) as
// parameters, and sets a timeout
this.timer = setTimeout(func,timeout);
},
clear: function(){
// The clear method clears the timeout
clearTimeout(this.timer);
}
}
/*
/ Tip Class Definition
*/
function Tip(txt){
this.content = txt;
this.shown = false;
}
Tip.prototype = {
generate: function(){
// The generate method returns either a previously generated element
// stored in the tip variable, or generates it and saves it in tip for
// later use, after which returns it.
return this.tip || (this.tip = $('<span class="colorTip">'+this.content+
'<span class="pointyTipShadow"></span><span class="pointyTip"></span></span>'));
},
show: function(){
if(this.shown) return;
// Center the tip and start a fadeIn animation
this.tip.css('margin-left',-this.tip.outerWidth()/2).fadeIn('fast');
this.shown = true;
},
hide: function(){
this.tip.fadeOut();
this.shown = false;
}
}
})(jQuery);